Chapter 1: The Dao Companion Billionfold Repayment System

“Lu Xunxian, let us divorce.”

“You saw it yourself. I have already been accepted by an elder of the Qingfeng Sacred Land as a direct disciple.”

“You are no longer worthy of me. Consider this for my own good.”

“If Master learns of your existence, you will not escape death.”

Standing before Lu Xunxian was a woman with hair cascading to her waist and delicate, refined features. Yet at this moment, her face was cold and her words utterly merciless.

Hearing those heartless words, Lu Xunxian revealed a bitter smile, but he still tried to make her stay.

“Qingyu, we have not been married for long, and our son and daughter are still so young. For the children’s sake, can we not avoid divorcing?”

The woman’s name was Feng Qingyu. She was Lu Xunxian’s dao companion, or rather, it would be more accurate to call her his wife, since Lu Xunxian was not a cultivator.

Faced with Lu Xunxian’s plea, Feng Qingyu remained completely unmoved, her tone as cold as ever.

“Neither of them has a spiritual root. They are not worth my staying for.”

“And you want me to live a better life as well, Don't you? If you truly care for me, then do not stand in my way.”

Feng Qingyu’s icy words completely shattered Lu Xunxian’s last sliver of hope.

But just then—

【Ding! The Dao Companion Billionfold Repayment System has been bound to the host.】

The system?

Hearing that voice, Lu Xunxian froze for a moment, then a bitter smile surfaced on his face.

He had transmigrated to this world so many years ago, yet he had never expected his system to awaken only at a time like this.

That was right. Lu Xunxian was not a native of this world, but someone who had come from Blue Star, the ancestral planet said to have given rise to countless transmigrators.

He still remembered the reason for his transmigration with perfect clarity.

That day on the subway, a self-styled “little fairy” had falsely accused him of secretly taking pictures of her. No matter how much he tried to explain himself, he could not clear his name, so he decided to leave at once. Unexpectedly, the woman rushed forward and grabbed him by the groin.

Then, because she used too much force, she crushed his testicles.

Lu Xunxian had been literally killed by the pain.

When Lu Xunxian finally escaped that extreme agony and opened his eyes again, he had arrived in this world. He had become an infant drifting down a river and was taken in by Feng Qingyu’s parents.

When Feng Qingyu’s parents found him, they noticed a jade tag hanging from his neck with the three characters “Lu Xunxian” written on it, so they simply gave him that name.

As for Uncle Feng and Aunt Feng, they had both passed away from illness three years ago.

Before they died, they entrusted Feng Qingyu to Lu Xunxian. Otherwise, the two of them might never have gotten married at all.

At the moment the system bound itself to him, a transparent panel appeared before Lu Xunxian.

Judging from Feng Qingyu’s indifferent reaction, it seemed that he was the only one who could see it.

【Host: Lu Xunxian】

【Cultivation: None】

【Physique: None】

【Dao Companion: Feng Qingyu (Unbound)】

【System Function: After binding a dao companion, the host can receive Billionfold Repayment on everything the dao companion obtains, including but not limited to cultivation, weapons, pills, and insights.】

“System, if I divorce her, will the binding still remain effective?”

A thought had occurred to Lu Xunxian, and a trace of worry rose in his heart. This was what concerned him most right now.

He knew that Feng Qingyu had been accepted as a direct disciple by an elder of the Qingfeng Sacred Land because she had been found to possess a Saint-grade Water Spiritual Root.

If he lost Feng Qingyu, he was not sure whether he would ever be able to find another dao companion with a spiritual root.

【Ding! Please rest assured, Host. The effect will remain the same even after the divorce.】

“In that case, bind Feng Qingyu for me.”

Lu Xunxian chose to bind her without the slightest hesitation.

In Feng Qingyu’s eyes, however, Lu Xunxian’s silence was simply the pain and despair of someone about to lose her.

But so what?

Her mind was already made up. No one could stop her from leaving Conglin Village and entering the Qingfeng Sacred Land.

As for Lu Xunxian, if she had not known him inside and out, and if he had not truly been an honest man suitable for marriage, she never would have married him in the first place.

Now that she had the chance to enter the Qingfeng Sacred Land, this was undoubtedly the best opportunity for her to leave Lu Xunxian. She would never stay behind for Lu Xunxian and the children.

“Even if you cry, I will not soften my heart because of it. Let that be the end of this. Do not contact me again. Otherwise, I would not mind getting rid of you and the children.”

Feng Qingyu spoke coldly. After saying that, she turned and walked straight toward the village entrance.

Lu Xunxian watched Feng Qingyu’s resolute departing figure and said nothing, his expression calm.

Since Feng Qingyu had made her choice, Lu Xunxian would say nothing more. He only hoped that she would not regret it in the future. And even if she did, he would absolutely never take Feng Qingyu back.

Because Lu Xunxian would never take back someone who had once left him.

“Master, I have finished handling my affairs. let's go.”

At the entrance of Conglin Village, several villagers were standing there.

They had all come after hearing that an immortal master was accepting disciples, but judging from the disappointed expressions on their faces, it was obvious that none of them possessed spiritual roots.

After all, those with spiritual roots were one in ten thousand. Conglin Village was not some large settlement. It had only around two hundred villagers in total.

Aside from Feng Qingyu, only two others had been found to possess spiritual roots and had been accepted into the Qingfeng Sacred Land.

As Feng Qingyu arrived, the blue-robed elder standing before her nodded.

He was none other than Feng Qingyu’s master, Lin Changkong, the Second Elder of the Qingfeng Sacred Land.

Lin Changkong slowly raised his hand. The plain ring on his middle finger flashed with a glimmer of light.

A tiny green boat, no larger than a palm, appeared in Lin Changkong’s palm.

With a thought from Lin Changkong, a stream of green spiritual energy flowed out from his hand and poured into the little boat.

In the next instant, the small boat floated into the distance and expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Before long, it had become a giant ship ten meters high, six meters wide, and twenty meters long.

Lin Changkong said nothing more. He merely raised a hand, and a surge of spiritual energy wrapped around Feng Qingyu and the other two disciples with spiritual roots, carrying them onto the spirit ship.

At the sight of this, the villagers of Conglin Village watching nearby all revealed incomparably envious expressions.

“There are rooms inside the spirit ship. Go and rest for a while. It should take about half a day to reach my Qingfeng Sacred Land.”

Lin Changkong said.

“Yes, Master Lin.”

Feng Qingyu and the other two youths from Conglin Village replied.

Very soon, the other two disciples found a room and went inside to rest.

Feng Qingyu, meanwhile, walked to the edge of the spirit ship and looked out at the scenery beyond.

As Lin Changkong injected spiritual energy into the spirit ship and guided it forward, the vessel slowly rose into the sky. Conglin Village gradually became smaller and smaller, until it finally disappeared from Feng Qingyu’s sight.

Looking at that scene, Feng Qingyu murmured inwardly, “My choice was not wrong. Do not blame me. If you must blame someone, then blame yourselves for not having spiritual roots. After all, immortals and mortals belong to different worlds.”

No one could stop her from rushing toward a brighter future.

Not even her husband and children!